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From: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
To: Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: org-mode 7.5, save-excursion does not work in tables
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:31:33 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <81tybgizg2.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hb7gc2vn.fsf@gilgamesch.quim.ucm.es> (Uwe Brauer's message of "Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:29:16 +0200")

> Hello
>
> I want a simple function which allows me to insert a new row
> before I wrap a region. (Because otherwise rows which
> already contain information get disordered.)
>
> Like
>
> (defun my-org-wrap-cell ()
>   (interactive)
>   (save-excursion
> 	(progn
> 	  (org-table-insert-row 1)
> 	  (org-table-wrap-region nil))))
>
> However the save excursion does not work: the  cursor even jumps
> outside the table.

Have you looked at markers?

http://www.gnu.org/s/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Markers.html#Markers

Basicall you will put a marker, prettify the buffer, jump to the marker
and free it.

M-x apropos RET marker shows a bunch of files (including org) that use
markers.

>
> Example 
>
>
> | Nombre | | Qual | Comment |
> | Jim Miller | | | % Some very long text: UB:23.06.2011 Wrong: instead
> | of t use the third component of the vecto |
> | John Smith | | | Not much |
> |------------+---+------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>
> The wrap function does this 
> | Nombre | | Qual | Comment |
> | Jim Miller | | | % Some very long text: UB:23.06.2011 Wrong: |
> | John Smith | | | instead of t use the third component of the vecto
> | Not much |
> |------------+---+------+------------------------------------------------------------|
>
> Instead of 
>
>
> | Nombre     |   | Qual | Comment                                           |
> | Jim Miller |   |      | % Some very long text: UB:23.06.2011 Wrong:       |
> |            |   |      | instead of t use the third component of the vecto |
> | John Smith |   |      | Not much                                          |
> |------------+---+------+---------------------------------------------------|

-- 

      reply	other threads:[~2011-06-23 11:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-23  9:29 org-mode 7.5, save-excursion does not work in tables Uwe Brauer
2011-06-23 11:01 ` Jambunathan K [this message]

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